FREE ME I AM! PDF Jack Prelutsky,Christine Davenier | 32 pages | 17 Apr 2007 | Farrar Straus Giroux | 9780374349028 | English | New York, NY, United States Me I Am! by Jack Prelutsky Like Dr. However, it is Davenier's Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen imaginative artwork that brings this playful picture book uniquely to life. A sports- minded girl Me I Am! of joie de vivre rejects a fancy dress in favor of a pirate's outfit. A budding scientist happily creates a makeshift bird hospital for an injured feathered friend. When her pet steals the word " Me " from Me I Am! text, all three children join up in hot Me I Am! of the pooch, attracting many other kids. On the final spread, the multicultural parade climbs over the word Me! Davenier's distinctive, lively illustrations save the book from being an endorsement of the Me-too generation's fixation on the self. 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The record had been in development since ; during its production, Carey hired friend and collaborator Randy Jackson to manage her career, before replacing him with another frequent collaborator, Jermaine Dupri. On the deluxe edition of the album, R. Kelly and Mary J. Blige respectively make appearances on remixes of two songs - "Betcha Gon' Know" and "It's a Wrap" - taken from Carey's twelfth Me I Am! album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel These remixes were originally intended to appear on Carey's cancelled remix album, Angel's Advocate However, after the song's underperformance, additional songs were Me I Am! for the album, causing the release date to be pushed back several times throughout and again in It is named after a self-portrait that Carey drew at the age of three-years old that she captioned "Me. I Am Mariah". After its release, the album was critically appreciated but was commercially unsuccessful, becoming the lowest selling release of Carey's career. Although the re-release of her album Charmbracelet was issued with a Parental Advisory warning in some territories, Me. Alternate edited versions were also released for the standard and deluxe versions of the Me I Am!. Following the cancellation of Angels Me I Am!a remix album of Memoirs of an Imperfect Angelit was announced that Carey would return to the studio to start work on her thirteenth studio album. The first indication that Carey had begun work on her fourteenth Me I Am! album Me I Am! in Februarywith Carey stating: "I start writing for my new album this week-but it's just the beginning She's been working away, and we have a studio in the crib, and [the pregnancy] has totally inspired her on so many different levels. In JanuaryCannon updated everyone on the album, saying: "My beautiful wife is planning to make her return to the music scene after taking time off to focus on the pregnancy and the birth of our two wonderful babies, Moroccan and Monroe. In Septemberproducer and friend Jermaine Dupri took to his social network Global14 to reveal that he's back in the studio with Carey working on new music. Then she got pregnant and she took the time off. Then after she came back, we started really vibing again and we picked up right where we left off. I just feel like between [record producer] Jermaine Dupri, myself and her, we came up with a few things that [are] really, really a solid body of work". Carey said about her fourteenth studio album: Me I Am! collaborating with a lot of my favorite people but the main thing is [that] I'm not trying to follow any particular trend, I want it to be well received. I want to stay true to myself and the music that I love and make the fans happy". Carey gave Billboard an exclusive interview in their March 9, issue, stating: "It's about making sure I have tons of good music, because at the end of the day, that's the most important thing There are a lot more raw ballads than people might expect Wherever we go with this project, I've tried to keep the soul and heart in it. Kelly features on the former, while Mary J. Blige features on the latter. There is also a cover of the patriotic song " America the Beautiful " for the Japanese CD edition of the album. Consisting of fifteen songs and four deluxe songs Me. Crazy personal," Henderson continued calling the Me I Am! lyrical content an "deliberately confusing innocence with insight, obliviousness with bliss. The album opens with "Cry", a gospel song built over a piano, "simmering vocals and full-bodied runs" containing "swirling organs and scaling ad-lib. Lyrically, the track features Carey reminiscing about a past lover. In Juneit was announced that Carey is "still choosing between two titles" for the album. The Elusive Chanteusea two-part title taking its name from two things personal to Carey. The first part is the caption from Carey's "first and only self-portrait", a drawing she drew as a child which is included as part of the album's back cover, while the second half Me I Am! a nickname she's adopted recently. I've always known me. I am Mariah. He also lambasted Carey for including "annoying" punctuation in the track listing, including a hashtag for the song " Beautiful ", a period. On the standard edition cover, Carey poses with her arms behind her head, while wearing a nude-colored crocheted swimsuit. The deluxe edition features a close-up of Carey's face, on the same sun-kissed background. Music commented that some fans felt that the album covers "look retouched to the extreme". In the April issue of Shape magazine, Carey stated: "I've started writing songs for a new album, which I hope will come out in Getting back in the studio and making music again-which I truly love doing-is the best way to end this crazy year". I wanted Me I Am! put another single out, a ballad. I Me I Am! it, but I'm still writing, I'm still working. So, you never know what it's going to end up being". In FebruaryCarey stated that she wanted to release the album as soon as possible. On February 10,it was announced that the album was then set for Me I Am! on May 6, She said that she wanted fans to hear the album as a full body of work and thus performance of individual singles was less important. Carey taped a performance of " Beautiful" along with a medley of her greatest hits on May 15, The taping aired the following day May 16 during the American Idol Season 12 finale episode. It has since peaked at 15, becoming Carey's 33rd Top 20 Hit, and being one of only 5 to miss the Top It was filmed on April 21 and 22, The video was supposed to have its world premiere on American Idol on May 8,however, the release date was pushed back to May 9, Me I Am!. In the United States, the song peaked at number 88 on the Hotbut became Carey's 17th number-one single Me I Am! the Hot Dance Club Songs chart, placing her in fifth position as the artist with most number-one songs on that chart. Upon release, the album received generally positive reviews. The review aggregator website Metacritic gives a weighted average rating to an album based upon the selected independent mainstream reviews it utilizes, and the album has a Metascore of a 67 out of based on 15 reviews. Jim Farber of New York Daily News rated the album four stars out of five, writing how the title is not indicative of the release as a whole because he says Mariah is not "elusive" in the least on an album where she "made her talent more clear.